Self-Regulated Learning Skill to Improve Students’ Writing Competence for Junior High School

Abstract

In the digital era, the writing skill must be mastered by students to express their opinion and ideas. To stimulate students’ awareness, motivation, belief, and knowledge of the quality of students’ writing, it can be used Self-Regulated Learning (SRL). This study aims to investigate whether SRL can increase students’ composition. It was quasi-experimental research that the data was obtained by using pre-test and post-test in one group. SPSS and independent sample t-test was used to analyse the data. The findings confirmed that students’ composition could improve after they have learned writing using SRL. It was known that the sig. (2-Tailed) a value that is 0.000 and it is less than 0.05. It can be said that there is a statistical difference between the mean of pre-test and post-test. In sum up, the students got better after they learn writing using SRL. It is recommended to encourage students’ writing skills by implementing innovative strategies that facilitate and engage students in learning writing.